Understanding Hongze: From Beautiful Economy to Beautiful Life

Our reporter Zheng Ying

In Hongze District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, which is located on the bank of Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in the country, the industrious villagers who live by water have opened up a beautiful village through the development of ecological fishery, green rice planting, talent cultivation, and the creation of new communities.

Baili Gallery, Hongze Lake Embankment Zhouqiao Section / Photo by Chen Liang

Ecological fishery is famous

"The story of crabs in our village started more than 20 years ago

At that time, they were all sold to local crab dealers.

Crabs have encountered a bottleneck in getting rich, and the villagers are about to lose confidence

"The crab is still the same crab, but the 'net' is different

Crab Wanzhen / Photo

Today, Zhangfuhe Village sells more than 28 million crabs annually through the e-commerce platform, and the annual sales income of the best-developed e-commerce farmers reaches 3 million yuan

Zhangfuhe Village is just a vivid epitome of Hongze's fishery development

The rice industry is getting better

"At the beginning, our villagers had no experience, no funds, and were afraid of losing money, so they were afraid or unwilling to contract.

In Wanmin's mouth, the contracted planting is the local high-quality rice

　　In Dongchen Village, Chahe Town, Chen Hongbing, General Manager of Chadong Green Food Co.

　　At present, the planting area of ​​high-quality rice varieties in Dongchen Village operated by the company reaches 7,061 mu, and the whole-process social service of rice reaches 100%

　　In addition to Dongchen Village, Hongze has now built an organic green high-quality rice base of 250,000 mu, with a promotion area of ​​398,000 mu, such as the high-quality and delicious high-end soft rice variety Nanjing 9108, and a composite ecological planting area of ​​​​398,000 mu, such as shrimp farming in paddy fields and duck farming in paddy fields.

　　People who get rich break the ground and float "fragrance"

　　In order to promote the effective connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, Hongze District has innovated the construction of the "local talent +" model in recent years.

　　"Developing local talents into party members and cultivating party members into local talents.

　　Industry enriches the people, employment enriches the people, and entrepreneurship enriches the people

　　A new type of community bursts with vitality

　　Caozhuang Village Pastoral Yaju New Rural Community is located in the southwest of Zhuba Street, the "Hometown of Xiaoyu Dumplings".

　　How did such a unique little village come to be built?

　　"Shrimp soldiers and crab generals, hang bacteria and come out!" This is the propaganda slogan of Caozhuang Village to promote the local industry
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In addition, organic vegetables, rice and shrimp farming, and turtle farming are also featured industries
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In order to expand the brand width, more than 20 series of pot stickers such as pumpkin, corn, shepherd's purse and radish have been developed successively, attracting more than 100 migrant workers from Caozhuang to return to their hometown to specialize in the live fish pot sticker industry
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　　"White walls, black tiles, and green water surrounds" fully demonstrate the residential elements in the Hongze Lake area, organically integrate with the surrounding natural environment, pay attention to connotation protection and characteristic inheritance, and collect old rural objects such as old stone mills, old waterwheels, and old water tanks.
, to create a rural characteristic landscape effect
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Using local suitable species such as reed, pennisetum and hackberry for greening and exhibition, the greening rate of the whole village exceeds 30%
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　　"Cang Linshi", "food and clothing" and "spiritual abundance"
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In Caozhuang Village, the villagers organized and established peasant art troupes, pastoral dance teams and other folk groups, and organized performances such as dragon dances, lion dances, flower boats, flower drum lanterns, Huai Opera and other cultural programs on traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
The feast not only enriches the life of the villagers, but also promotes the national culture
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At present, new rural communities like Tianyuan Yaju that "enjoy high-quality living and share new rural life" are emerging in Hongze District
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　　Editor in charge: Lian Fan Review: Ouyang Meihua